Chapter 19 Zhao Family 2
Zhao Xinzhi had deliberately come out to meet Zhao Shunian on the day he returned, either to ask him to come see him or to say, "Grandpa wants to lower his stance towards you and make peace with you. Shouldn't you give me a way out?"
Zhao Shunian also understood the meaning behind Zhao Xinzhi's action, and he stepped forward to help Zhao Xinzhi.
In fact, the thin and fragile family affection had been beaten to almost nothing in that irreconcilable struggle. Zhao Shunian did not value family affection as much as Zhao Yunbin. He put interests first. Zhao Xinzhi still had value, so he put on a full show until the other party passed away.
In the past, Zhao Shunian was severely tormented by Zhao Xinzhi. Zhao Xinzhi wanted him to be ambitious, but he was also worried that he was too opinionated and would not listen to him. He wanted him to be more capable than him, but he was also afraid that he would get out of control and bite him. No matter what he did, it was wrong. If he was suppressed too much, Zhao Xinzhi would give him some sweet treats to encourage him. Thus, encouragement and suppression would be repeated over and over again.
Zhao Shunian felt that Zhao Xinzhi wasn't looking for a successor, but rather a replacement puppet. When Zhao Xinzhi wasn't energetic enough to appear onstage, the puppet would perfectly execute his commands. Only after Zhao Shunian's death would the puppet be allowed to have its own independent thoughts. Zhao Shunian didn't believe he would become a puppet, nor did he suffer from Stockholm syndrome, so he wouldn't obey Zhao Xinzhi's orders without complaint...
Zhao Xinzhi did not refuse Mrs. Lian's help before going downstairs. He put his hand on Zhao Shunian's hand and let go of the cane, and Mrs. Lian immediately took the cane.
Zhao Shunian helped him sit down and sat next to him.
Zhao Xinzhi's use of his age made Zhao Shunian feel his ageing. Even as he approached eighty, he was full of energy and kept a busy schedule. When they went hiking together, he was energetic and rarely looked tired. At that moment, Zhao Shunian had the illusion that he would never age.
Ms. Li glanced at Yu Yin subtly. Yu Yin was now very perceptive and no longer just watched silently like he did at the beginning.
She stood up and took the cup of tea from the servant's tray, "Grandpa, have some tea."
Zhao Xinzhi took the cup of tea, took a sip, and said that she and Shunian were both very well-behaved and filial.
He put on a gesture of enjoying family happiness to show others that there was no discord between the grandfather and grandson, and that everything was still the same as before. He stopped thinking about it, whether he should have or not.
Zhao Yunbin and Ms. Li looked satisfied, while the others had different expressions.
Third aunt Zhao Yunyi never knew how to guess her old father's mind and always did the opposite. Seeing this, she let her seven-year-old son be close to his grandfather and not let the eldest wife take everything.
The child was not close to his grandfather and was afraid of him. He didn't dare to get close to him and was hesitant. Mrs. Zhou directly took him to her. His reluctant attitude to get close to Zhao Xinzhi would only backfire.
Zhao Yunyi felt that her mother was too stupid and didn't know how to argue. If she was half as smart as her wife, she wouldn't be in such an awkward situation now.
Zhao Xinzhi pretended not to see this scene and concentrated on talking to Zhao Shunian.
Yu Yin had watched and performed a whole night of plays, and she had a great time. Ms. Li seemed tired and did not talk to her alone.
Yu breathed a sigh of relief because she had already fulfilled her acting quota for the day and didn't want to deal with anyone else.
After she finished washing up, she went back to her bedroom, got into bed and fell asleep.
As soon as Zhao Shunian entered the bedroom, he saw her sleeping face, not knowing what was going on.
He felt that if her arms had not been hooked around the two thin straps, the nightgown would have been completely removed from her body, and she would have been very restless in her sleep.
He recalled the first time they slept in the same bed on their wedding night. She was also wearing a skirt, but she slept very properly. When he woke up the next day, he found that she had basically maintained the same posture all night, and there was definitely no such situation as now. It can be seen that she was very nervous and not relaxed at the time.
He couldn't bear to see her exposed, so he lifted her up slightly and straightened her dress.
Yu Yin unconsciously muttered, "It's cold."
Zhao Shunian covered her with a quilt, then couldn't help pinching her face. Suddenly he felt it touched very well, so he pinched it a few more times.
"Mosquitoes are annoying." She slapped his hand away, turned over and slept, with the quilt covering her head to protect her face from being bitten by "mosquitoes".
Only then did the "mosquito" himself stop pinching her face.
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Yu Yin didn't know how she slept, nor did she know what Zhao Shunian did. She felt that she had a good sleep quality last night, but she inexplicably dreamed of being bitten by mosquitoes.
She was frightened when her carefully cared-for, fair and tender face turned into a clown face. She put on a mask and chased away the mosquitoes for a long time.
Early in the morning, Zhao Yunbin's family of four and Zhao Xinzhi had breakfast quietly, and no other members of the Zhao family came to disturb them.
Zhao Yunbin and Ms. Li have only one son, Zhao Shunian.
Breakfast was over, and only Yu Yin was off duty. Zhao Xinzhi rarely went to the group's office center these days, but since it was approaching New Year, he went there to meet with the senior management. The other three also had work to attend to, and they left the East Building one after another.
Yu Yin was happy to have some free time. After staying in the building for half a day, she took a walk alone near the East Building.
Suddenly she heard someone calling "sister-in-law". She had just returned and was not used to it yet, so she almost didn't react that they were calling her.
Yu Yin turned around and saw that it was his second uncle's daughter Zhao Xiyan.
Her father-in-law values family ties, but only with the eldest wife's family. In the past few years, he had a fierce fight with his second uncle, but he did not vent his anger on the younger generation. Zhao Xiyan was also relatively close to their family. No matter how fiercely the two brothers of the eldest wife quarreled, they were brothers from the same mother.
Two years ago, Zhao Xinzhi, the instigator of the deteriorating relationship between the two brothers, changed his ways and began to act as a bridge between them, hoping that they could live in harmony. Only then did their conflict gradually subside.
Next to Zhao Xiyan is Zhao Yunxin, the daughter born to Mrs. Lian and the older sister of the twins.
Zhao Xiyan stepped forward and said, "Sister-in-law, Yvonne's and my horses both have races tonight, but in different venues. Would you like to go with us?"
Yvonne is Zhao Yunxin's English name. She prefers her family to call her by her English or Chinese name. Calling her "Auntie" or something like that would make her sound old, as she is still very young.
Zhao Yunxin walked over slowly, maintaining her ladylike demeanor, and also invited Yu Yin.
Seeing that they had come to see her specially, Yu Yin thought about how bored she was and had no legitimate reason to refuse them, so she agreed.
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